Pocklington Junior School

About Pocklington Junior School

Pocklington Junior School was rated Good in its most recent graded Ofsted inspection in 2019, and an ungraded visit in October 2024 confirmed that standards are being maintained. The inspection breakdown is particularly telling: behaviour and attitudes were judged Outstanding, while quality of education, personal development, and leadership and management all received Good ratings. This is a significant improvement from the school's previous graded inspection in 2016, when it was rated Requires Improvement overall. On the most concrete academic metric available, the 2023/24 Key Stage 2 results show that 49% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined. That figure sits below the East Riding of Yorkshire local authority average of 61%, and places the school 83rd out of 106 primary schools in the area. Just 1% of pupils reached the higher standard across all three subjects.

Digging into the individual subject scores, 70% of pupils met the expected standard in writing, compared with 63% in maths and 54% in reading. Average scaled scores were 102 for maths and 101 for reading, both close to the national benchmark of 100. The school's ranking data places it in the bottom 50 nationally for its combined expected standard metric, and in the 80th percentile nationally — meaning roughly 80% of primary schools performed better on this measure. That said, the Ofsted report highlights that behaviour is a real strength, with an Outstanding rating, and parents seem to agree: in the Parent View survey, 88% strongly agreed or agreed that the school makes sure pupils are well behaved. The school has capacity for 320 pupils but currently has 239 on roll, leaving some room for new admissions.

Pocklington Junior School serves children aged 7 to 11 and is a mixed, non-religious state school in the East Riding of Yorkshire. Facilities include a library, gymnasium, sports hall, playing fields, ICT suite and a chapel. Sports on offer include football, rounders, gymnastics, dance and cricket, while clubs cover choir, coding and drama. The school has a range of SEND provisions, supporting pupils with specific learning difficulties like dyslexia, moderate learning difficulties, social emotional and mental health needs, speech language and communication needs, hearing impairment and physical disability. The Parent View survey, based on 68 responses, shows that 85% of parents would recommend the school. However, only 24% of respondents said their child has SEND, and among those, 69% agreed or strongly agreed that the school gives SEND children the support they need, while 25% disagreed or strongly disagreed. The school is not oversubscribed, with 239 pupils against a capacity of 320, and 25.5% of pupils are eligible for free school meals.

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